Birthdays

Charles John Biddle
Turns 40 on this date

Theodore Myers Carson
Turns 25 on this date

John Kenney
Turns 29 on this date

William Maclay Lyon
Turns 50 on this date

Andrew Jackson Wilcox
Turns 24 on this date
Events
Education/Culture | Charles Dickens begins publication of his "The Tale of Two Cities" | 04/30/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The trial of Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Charles Langston continues in the federal court in Cleveland, Ohio |
04/19/1859 to 05/09/1859 |
Documents
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Salmon Portland Chase, April 30, 1859 | 04/30/1859 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “Law and Public Opinion,” April 30, 1859 | 04/30/1859 |